Sue McMillen, professor, Mathematics, presented “An Active Introduction to Active Learning” at the 2011 Teaching Professor Conference in Atlanta in May.

Wanda Slawinska, associate librarian, E. H. Butler Library, wrote an entry for "Wagner, Wienczyslaw Jozef," which was published in the Polish American Encyclopedia, James S. Pula, general editor; publisher, McFarland & Company, Inc. (2011). The encyclopedia is available in E. H. Butler Library.

Camille Holmgren, assistant professor, Geography and Planning, had a research paper, "Vegetation history along the eastern, desert escarpment of the Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico," published in the May 2011 issue of Quaternary Research. This work provides a reconstruction of past vegetation and climate spanning about 33,000 years for northeastern Baja California, Mexico; offers new insights into the dynamics of the chaparral-desert ecotone; and supplies a historical baseline for assessing ongoing ecological change in a rapidly developing area. 

Brad K. Mazon, adjunct lecturer, Student Personnel Administration, received
his Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University at Buffalo. Mazon also serves
as the U.S.-based dean for resource development for the College of the Marshall Islands.

Irene Sipos, lecturer, College Writing Program, was the recipient of this year's EOP Faculty Merit Award at the EOP Honors Convocation on May 5. The Faculty Merit Award is given to a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding commitment and service to EOP.

Ann C. Colley, SUNY Distinguished Professor, English, has been a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, UK, since January. She has recently lectured at Cambridge University and at the University of Liverpool. The first lecture, "From Skin to Portraiture in Victorian Culture," was delivered on May 5 before the English faculty and postgraduate students at the University of Liverpool. The second, "Mountains and Theories of Spectacle," was given on May 10 before the English faculty at Cambridge University, and the third, "The Sinking of the Sublime," was delivered before the fellows of Wolfson College on May 11.

Lori L. Till, associate professor, Hospitality and Tourism, recently conducted a one-day ServSafe seminar and certification exam session for the Williamsville Central School District Child Nutrition Program. The interactive presentation was a comprehensive overview of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Code standards. Topics included key practices to ensure food safety; the microworld; food allergies; the safe food handler; the flow of food; and food safety management systems. Once individuals successfully pass the certification exam, the credential is compliant for five years. New York State is seeking to pass the Mandatory Food Handler Certification Bill, which would require one employee per establishment to be certified in proper food-handling techniques as they apply to restaurants, bars (other than 64-A licenses), membership organizations, and private clubs.

Kim Truesdell, associate professor, Elementary Education and Reading, with literacy specialist Jessica Elggren, '08, '10, and literacy specialist master's candidate, Katie Sclafani, presented "It Truly Takes a Village:  Developing a Nontraditional College-Community Partnership to Increase Teacher Candidates' Global Awareness through Children's Literature" at the 56th International Reading Association annual conference in Orlando.

Stephen Street, lecturer, Writing Program, wrote a review of The Perfume River, an anthology of writing from and about Vietnam. The review appears in the spring 2011 issue of Rain Taxi Review of Books.

Gerald Mead, lecturer, Design, wrote the catalog essay for the New York Foundation for the Arts exhibition,  “Mark Making: Artists of NYFA Mark 10 Buffalo,” which was on view at Artspace Buffalo from April 2 to April 24. Mead gave a lecture, “Collecting Western New York Art,” at the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University on March 3. On April 8, he juried the entries for the Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts with Darien Johnson, assistant professor, Design. Mead also judged the 15th annual Dorothy Ralph Photographic Essay Competition at the Buffalo Museum of Science on April 28.